• Batman: The Animated Series - Complete Series
• Chowder - Vol. 1
• Fraggle Rock - Complete Series
• Futurama - Bender's Game
• Get Smart - Complete Series Gift Set
• Home Movies - 10th Anniversary
• Howdy Doody - 40 Episodes and Best Of
• JAG - Season 7
• Popeye - Vol. 3
• Primeval - Seasons 1 and 2
• Project Runway - Season 4
• Reaper - Season 1
• Route 66 - Season 2
• Spider-Man - Villains Showdown
• Spin City - Season 1
• The Starlost - Complete Series
• The Wild, Wild West - Complete Series

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

• The Archie Show - Complete Series
• Babylon 5 - Lost Tales
• Dallas - Season 7
• Hawaii Five-0 - Season 2
• Popeye - Vol.1: 1933-38
• The Rhinemann Exchange - Complete Mini-Series
• Sabrina The Teenaged Witch - Season 2
• Sons of Hollywood - Season 1
• Space: 1999 - 30th Anniversary Set
• Thunderbirds - 40th Anniversary Set

Are you bored? Do you have nothing much to do today? Does the thought of leaving your home and being around other human beings just leave you unfulfilled? Don't worry, that's why I'm here. Instead of stepping outside where you might risk being hit by a car or strangled by a squirrel, why not sit in front of the warm glow of your computer screen and watch some clips from old TV shows like You Bet Your Life, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show? There's also some old Popeye and Looney Tunes shorts, plus movie serials and trailers.

A friend of mine sent me this link to Public Domain Comedy, knowing I'm a sucker for all things cartoony. You can also find a lot of similar clips and full-length videos by poking around the Archive.org site. It's like YouTube, but without the guilt of viewing copyrighted material.

Warner Home Video has become the official distributor of not only the original theatrical Popeye animated shorts produced by both Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios, but also Popeye's TV series such as The Continuing Adventures of Popeye and Popeye and Son. The result is hundreds of animated shorts featuring the lovable but unintelligible sailor man getting their first legitimate release since the character first appeared on movie screens in the early 1930s. Popeye actually started out even earlier as a breakout character in E.C. Segar's "Thimble Theater" comic strip. Currently, Warner Home Video is working on restoring the cartoons, but no word on exactly when the DVDs will be available, other than some time in 2007. I just hope they release the theatrical shorts separately from the TV shows, as I'm not quite as interested in his made-for-TV stuff. Nevertheless, this is a very cool thing, and fans should be thrilled.

Myron Waldman, a notable figure from the Fleischer Animation Studio, passed away Saturday at the age of 97 of congestive heart failure.

Waldman worked on such classic Fleischer cartoons as Betty Boop, Popeye, and Superman. For Betty Boop he created her dog Pudgy and two donkeys, Hunky and Spunky. He also helped to develop Betty Boop from a dog-like creature into the surreal and sexy flapper we know today. He began work at the studio in the 1930s when it was still a force to be reckoned with and had yet to be overshadowed by Disney. Fleishcer Studios was later reorganized into Famous Studios in New York, where Waldman continued to work on cartoons like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Little Lulu.

Cartoon Brew has a nice little tribute to the late animator, which you can read here.